diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp4/mdp4_kms.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp4/mdp4_kms.c
index 388663afd23f5196ff060c26656e9f46552dd0d0..b6920917c4a98f9a18ea88fdb0bc3b6817a012c9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp4/mdp4_kms.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp4/mdp4_kms.c
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ struct msm_kms *mdp4_kms_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 	struct mdp4_kms *mdp4_kms;
 	struct msm_kms *kms = NULL;
 	struct msm_mmu *mmu;
-	int ret;
+	int irq, ret;
 
 	mdp4_kms = kzalloc(sizeof(*mdp4_kms), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!mdp4_kms) {
@@ -457,6 +457,15 @@ struct msm_kms *mdp4_kms_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 		goto fail;
 	}
 
+	irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
+	if (irq < 0) {
+		ret = irq;
+		dev_err(dev->dev, "failed to get irq: %d\n", ret);
+		goto fail;
+	}
+
+	kms->irq = irq;
+
 	/* NOTE: driver for this regulator still missing upstream.. use
 	 * _get_exclusive() and ignore the error if it does not exist
 	 * (and hope that the bootloader left it on for us)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp5/mdp5_kms.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp5/mdp5_kms.c
index 16316bc4933d662378bc85560c42705e3d9f1d1b..e5b63611cbc223d83bdbdb4ce85f59a2830e9839 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp5/mdp5_kms.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp5/mdp5_kms.c
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ struct msm_kms *mdp5_kms_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 	struct msm_kms *kms = NULL;
 	struct msm_mmu *mmu;
 	uint32_t major, minor;
-	int i, ret;
+	int irq, i, ret;
 
 	mdp5_kms = kzalloc(sizeof(*mdp5_kms), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!mdp5_kms) {
@@ -610,6 +610,15 @@ struct msm_kms *mdp5_kms_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 		goto fail;
 	}
 
+	irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
+	if (irq < 0) {
+		ret = irq;
+		dev_err(dev->dev, "failed to get irq: %d\n", ret);
+		goto fail;
+	}
+
+	kms->irq = irq;
+
 	mdp5_kms->vdd = devm_regulator_get(&pdev->dev, "vdd");
 	if (IS_ERR(mdp5_kms->vdd)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(mdp5_kms->vdd);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
index 476eafef7add93da4e985eba5036759cb9d5a68a..092926b35baf865754b6cac23f5dee89eec6db0c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
@@ -417,12 +417,14 @@ static int msm_drm_init(struct device *dev, struct drm_driver *drv)
 		goto fail;
 	}
 
-	pm_runtime_get_sync(dev);
-	ret = drm_irq_install(ddev, platform_get_irq(pdev, 0));
-	pm_runtime_put_sync(dev);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		dev_err(dev, "failed to install IRQ handler\n");
-		goto fail;
+	if (kms) {
+		pm_runtime_get_sync(dev);
+		ret = drm_irq_install(ddev, kms->irq);
+		pm_runtime_put_sync(dev);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			dev_err(dev, "failed to install IRQ handler\n");
+			goto fail;
+		}
 	}
 
 	ret = drm_dev_register(ddev, 0);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_kms.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_kms.h
index 00998f9ef16a6f6ceab2ae21d01fd53790f88f80..0452856355c1ed9727a9d0221cdd66104bcc4f56 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_kms.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_kms.h
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ struct msm_kms_funcs {
 
 struct msm_kms {
 	const struct msm_kms_funcs *funcs;
+
+	/* irq number to be passed on to drm_irq_install */
+	int irq;
 };
 
 static inline void msm_kms_init(struct msm_kms *kms,